Series spotlight - Bryan Sellers 2009-11-30

SELLERS: TEAM FALKEN TIRE GEARING UP FOR 2010
New 2010 Porsche already in team's possession
After a three-race "introduction" into the American Le Mans
Series GT2 class in 2009, Team Falken Tire is getting serious for 2010.
The California-based...

SELLERS: TEAM FALKEN TIRE GEARING UP FOR 2010
New 2010 Porsche already in team's possession

After a three-race "introduction" into the American Le Mans
Series GT2 class in 2009, Team Falken Tire is getting serious for 2010.
The California-based squad, the endurance racing arm for the Japanese
tire manufacturer, has a 2010-spec Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in its possession,
lead driver Bryan Sellers has confirmed.Sellers and Dominic Cicero raced
at Long Beach, Petit Le Mans and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in a 2008-spec
Porsche that served its purpose -- mainly giving the manufacturer a
solid base on which to start its endurance racing platform that will
eventually lead to customer tires.

Bryan Sellers: "If we're going to try and finish third or try to
finish fifth, then our tire development is never going to be where it
should be."

"Everybody knew
what we were going up against. Falken came in knowing it wasn't going
to compete with a 2009 car, and we used that as a stepping stone for
2010," Sellers said on this past week's Midweek Motorsport
program.

"They are probably as serious as anything I've seen
-- any other tire manufacturer. They've come in with the mindset
of 'We want to beat Michelin one day.' It doesn't have to be
tomorrow or the next day because they're not naive.

"You have
teams in here who have been winners of multiple races, not just in ALMS
but Le Mans, FIA GT and the list goes on and on," he added.

"I'd like to think that we can be nipping on the heels of podium
finishes in 2010 and that's ultimately where we want to be. That
being said, if we're going to every race and not trying to win, then
we're there for the wrong reasons. If we're going to try and
finish third or try to finish fifth, then our tire development is never
going to be where it should be.

"One other interesting tidbit, Sellers
is confident that Falken will make its way to the Le Mans 24 Hours in the
near future.

"I believe deep down that they do want to be there and
they will be there," he said.